Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  2004 Nov;37(11):925-928.

Bilateral Coronary Artery to Pulmonary Artery Fistula: Two case report

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Korea. yhkim@hanyang.ac.kr
  • 2Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Korea.
  • 3Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Korea.

Abstract

Bilateral coronary artery to pulmonary artery fistulas are very rare anomaly. Echocardiography, cardiac catheterization and coronary angiography of two patients having chest pain and dyspnea showed bilateral coronary to pulmonary artery fistulas. One patient had left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis and the other patient had cystic tumor. We report the good results of the surgical treatment of two patients with bilateral coronary to pulmonary artery fistulas.

Keyword

Coronary artery fistula; Fistula

MeSH Terms

Cardiac Catheterization
Cardiac Catheters
Chest Pain
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Stenosis
Coronary Vessels*
Dyspnea
Echocardiography
Fistula*
Humans
Pulmonary Artery*
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